Today’s “time to move” is simple. Just go for a walk. Try for at least 30 minutes if you can go longer try for an hour. Remember the idea is to get moving. You know your own body better than anyone and the only way to make any progress is to start moving. Remember EAT, MOVE, REST!
Disclaimer : before starting any exercise program all ways consult a physician.
When you look at the world of finances and fitness you see a lot of similarities. Let’s take a look at what they have in common and see what finances can teach us about fitness.
One of the first things you need to be successful in your finances is a budget. You have to account for what money is coming in and what money is going out. You need to save for an emergency fund. You have to be smart with your money.
Now, you have to apply the same principles in finance to fitness. What does your fitness budget look like? Most people don’t even have a plan of how they will stay fit. They are just going through life just hoping somehow they will stay fit. It’s like spending all your money on payday and hoping you win the lotto. The chances are slim to none. It’s when we don’t have a plan, or deviate from it, that we end some place we don’t want to be.
If you want to be successful in fitness or finances it just doesn’t happen by chance. You need a plan and you need to stick to it. I’m not a financial expert; for that I recommend Dave Ramsey. But if you need help with your fitness budget, I’ll be glad to help. Remember EAT, MOVE, REST!
So I haven’t posted over the past few day so I’ll drop the past 3 day on you all at once
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Disclaimer : This is my personal workout and before beginning any workout program you should always consult a physician.
Today’s MOVE is the pushups Now if you cant do a traditional pushup you can go to your knees and do a modified version. If you still need to scale it down just stand up and do a wall push up. Remember the idea is for you to get moving. So if you are just starting out take it easy just do 25. If you just haven’t work out in a few months then your goal is 50 or more. If it’s just been a week then you need to do a 100.
It’s time to MOVE!
Disclaimer :before any starting any exercise program always consult a physician.
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So you’re sitting around watching TV or reading a book or even playing some video games. You know you need to get up and move and do some exercise. Yet your not really sure were to start or what to do. So starting today I’m going to help you out give you a simple exercise a night to do. It’s a place to start something to get you moving. Most of them you can even do while watching TV or in between chapters on your favorite book.
So lets start simple with a squat. Think of it as standing up and then sitting back down. So tonight just start out with 60 air squats. If you can’t follow the exact movements in the video get a dinning room chair and go down that far and then stand back up. Now you don’t have to do them all in a row you can do them in sets of 6 or 10. You can even see how you can do before stopping rest for couple of minutes and start again. I know you can do it so no excuses its time to MOVE!
Remember to start slow at your own pace.
Disclaimer : Before starting this or any exercise program always consults a physican first.
The important thing is to get moving nothing is going to happen when we just sit around.
With all the ads and commercials out there trying to tell you what being fit is, I thought I’d tell what it isn’t.
Every week thousands of pastors all around the world stand up in front of millions of people and proclaim the word of God and while no one is perfect including pastors. Wouldn’t you find it a bit strange if your pastor stood up every Sunday to preach God’s word and he was still drunk from the night before? How bout if he gave his mistress a kiss in front of everyone right before he began to pray. We might all say there un-fit to be preaching.
Yet every week pastors around the globe stand in front of the congration and they’re unfit. I’m not talking about them cheating on their wives or hung over drunk. They are unfit in the literal sense, in other words they’re not healthy. They are over weight, they don’t exercise, they have horrible eating habits and they don’t even come close to getting enough rest. Most spend their time pursuing the passion that God has given them and ignoring the physical body God has given them to carry out these passions.
Now I’ve never heard of a pastor being unfit to lead because of their unfit lifestyle choice and I’m not saying this should be the case. The reality is that this is an issue that needs to be addressed. As pastors we can’t simply assume that our health is going to take care of itself. That would be like walking on stage every week never preparing a message, not establishing a church budget or any of the other things required to be a successful ministry leader. Just because you ignore your health, doesn’t make the problem go away.
I talk to and hear about pastors experiencing burnout on a regular basis. I have also been to conferences and heard pastors talk about the importance of health and how important it is to longevity in ministry. As a Pastor who also happens to be a personal trainer, I feel the message of the importance of health often times seems to be ignored. The message of health being consistently ignored would be equivalent to a pastor consistently preaching a giving message about the importance of tithing and people sitting in the congregation for years and never writing a tithe check.
This does not have to be a complicated matter; the bottom line is that Walking with Christ is a lifestyle that looks different than any other. The same is true of a fitter lifestyle. In a world that says lets do what feels good in the moment and a country that is more over weight than it ever been. The reason you want to pursue a healthier life is so that you can continue to do what God has called you to do and not be in hospital or doctors appointment or popping tons of medication. You never want to say no to something God’s called you to do because you chose not to take better care of you body.
The question is, “Where do you start?” and the answers is simple think EAT, MOVE & REST. Most people Eat, Move & Rest on a daily basis, the problem is they aren’t doing it to benefit the body, but rather in a way that hinders it.
Lets look at the simple way that benefits the body.
EAT– real food, I know as a pastor you’re on the go a lot you get invited to a lot of lunches dinners and coffees. You get baked cookies pies and more. No excuses you would never stop reading the Bible and just read books about the Bible. It’s the same thing when it comes to food eat the real deal.
MOVE- I know you go from the bed to the bathroom and from the house to the car and so on and so on. That’s not enough your body was designed to move. Just as you exercise your faith you need to exercise your body. The great thing about exercise is there are hundreds of things you can do it. From swimming, running, biking, tennis, rowing, wii fit and more. Find out how you like to move and get a MOVE on it.
REST – This always seems to be the hard one for pastors. They can’t ever seem to tell anyone no and they are always on the Go. (That rhymed) Jesus rested and you’re not Jesus you definitely need to rest. Sleeping only 12 hrs in week never taking a vacation does not equal REST. Rest and enjoy the gift of your life that God has given you.
Be who God called you to be and take care of the vessel that He has given you.
God has gifted me with not only being a pastor but a personal trainer and if you are a pastor and have no idea how to get started or what to do feel free to contact me I would love to help.
Are you an Unfit Pastor? Do you know any Unfit Pastors? Why is this a taboo subject?
Disclaimer : I am not a doctor. these are just the workouts I do. Before starting any exercise program consult a physician.
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